Also known as Reef 2405
Where: Afghanistan (34.5° N, 69.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 69.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Badokalay Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: S. S. Karapetov, V. L. Leleshus, and I. I. Sonin. 1975. Stratigrafiya i tabulyaty silura Afganistana [Stratigraphy and Tabulata of the Silurian in Afghanistan]. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel geologicheskiy 50(4):95-106 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79345: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus, Striispirifer cf. balchashensis
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Spirigerina supramarginalis Khalfin 1948 | |
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914 | |
Anthozoa | |
Favosites afghanicus Karapetov et al. 1975 tabulate coral | |
Pachypora lapparenti n. sp.
Pachypora lapparenti n. sp. Karapetov et al. 1975 tabulate coral |